REQUEST: As Cities Burn - (2009) Hell or High Water

sound:Indie/Progressive
length: 9 songs, 41.6 minutes
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1. 84’ Sheepdog
2. Errand Rum
3. Into The Sea
4. Made Too Pretty
5. Lady Blue
6. Petty
7. Daughter
8. Pirate Blues
9. Capover
*10. Gates (itunes bonus track)

Going to stop being lazy and give this an actual review. As i began with last time this record certainly has an interesting consistency. Some where between absolute depression, and a tiresome fist fight lies this bold push by As Cities Burn. Lyrically it's perceptive, the song Made to Pretty for example "We don't want a God we don't see in ourselves don't see we're in need /I think we were made too pretty/We're caught up in a stare and we can't break." I still think Come Now Sleep is a great record, but am willing to admit this is a substantial leap in the right direction for a band i had completely written off. Cheers.

sounds like: An Albatross, Damiera, The Poems, Circa Survive

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